Firefox snap updates for non-technical users

[Colin Law]

On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 at 17:19, Ian Bruntlett <ian.bruntlett at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a friend, R, who uses Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS, mainly for Internet access via Firefox.
>
> Firefox has always been problematic when it comes to Firefox updates. However, closing all windows and running update-manager (aka Software Updater) fixed that kind of problem.
>
> However, after Firefox moved to being supplied as a snap, R has been experiencing problems with Firefox. These are usually fixed by me going to his house and running:
> $snap list
> $sudo snap refresh

According to this, snaps are supposed to auto-update.  Perhaps snapd
is not running for some reason.  Perhaps it has been disabled for
example.  https://snapcraft.io/docs/keeping-snaps-up-to-date

Colin